Karan Johar has sharply criticised Bollywood’s heavy reliance on paid publicity, calling the PR ecosystem “overdrive.” Speaking to The Week, he argued that when anything can be procured for a price, it becomes hard to separate genuine audience buzz from purchased reactions. Johar urged artists to let their work speak instead of leaning on constant publicity.
A truckload of KitKat chocolate was stolen, but the editorial argues the bigger loss was what the criminals targeted: a carefully built brand concept tied to F1. Nestle reportedly used the incident as PR, reframing it as a marketing boost while other brands piled on with memes, turning a crime into a campaign moment.
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